Watch the World Cup game at Freedom Plaza
Updated 3:45 p.m. to correct that the U.S. has played World Cup knockout-round games more recently than 1994, and updated 7:50 p.m. to note National Portrait Gallery option Looking to watch the U.S....
View ArticlePhil Mendelson appoints significant other to help judge soccer-stadium contract
To help judge the firms competing to evaluate the city’s proposed deal to build a pro soccer stadium, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) is staying close to home. Within his home, actually: Carol...
View ArticleMuriel Bowser schedules soccer stadium hearings in affected neighborhoods
About a month after drawing hundreds of fans and skeptics to the John A. Wilson Building, the debate over a proposed $300 million public-private stadium deal for the D.C. United pro soccer team will...
View ArticleTexas firm will study soccer deal for D.C. Council
Updated 6:30 p.m. with details on CSL’s partners The D.C. Council has selected a Plano, Tex., firm to conduct a financial analysis of the proposed D.C. United soccer stadium deal in coming weeks,...
View ArticleSoccer stadium debate moves into the neighborhoods
The D.C. Council’s Economic Development Committee is gaveling to order tonight outside its usual John A. Wilson Building confines, convening instead inside the Frank D. Reeves Center — a city office...
View ArticleDavid Catania is for D.C. United stadium but against Reeves Center swap
Count David Catania (I-At Large) among the growing number of D.C. Council members who don’t like the high-stakes land swap at the center of the proposed $300 million D.C. United stadium deal. On...
View ArticleDavid Catania has never been to Nationals Park. Does it matter?
The Washington Nationals just finished their seventh regular season at Nationals Park and appear poised for a deep postseason run — one that will coincide with the final weeks of the District’s mayoral...
View ArticleD.C. lawmaker sought to honor Floyd Mayweather Jr. during Domestic Violence...
The D.C. Council was set to vote today, according to an agenda posted Monday, on the “Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Ceremonial Recognition Resolution of 2014.” Mayweather is, of course, one of the world’s most...
View ArticleBowser will travel to California to make Olympic pitch
Mountains have been moved, the D.C. Council schedule has been adjusted, and Mayor-elect Muriel E. Bowser (D) is traveling to California next week to help make the city’s final pitch to the U.S. Olympic...
View ArticleSoccer stadium bills are signed as Mayor Vincent Gray closes out term
Reveling one last time in one of his greatest triumphs, Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) signed legislation Tuesday morning paving the way for a $300 million professional soccer stadium in Southwest...
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